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CVE-2026-19016: Authorization bypass for session deletion in the transaction API
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.2 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-07 · updated 2026-08-28
- Weakness: CWE-22
Description
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.19.1 through 2.0.2 did not enforce the {{session:write}} ACL permission for session deletion operations submitted through the transaction API. An authenticated caller with network access to the Consul server RPC port could delete arbitrary sessions without holding the required permission. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-19016, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
Affected products
- HashiCorp Consul: from 1.19.1 before 2.0.3 — fixed in 2.0.3
- HashiCorp Consul Enterprise: from 1.19.1 before 2.0.3 — fixed in 2.0.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: HashiCorp Consul 2.0.3; HashiCorp Consul Enterprise 2.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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